Visitor Hurt In Jet-ski Crash

FORT LAUDERDALE — A visitor from New York was injured Monday when his jet ski collided with a boat in the Middle River, police said.

John Fallon, 21, of Whitestone, N.Y., was in serious condition with head and back injuries at Broward General Medical Center late Monday, a hospital spokesman said.

Fallon and a friend, Gaspar Arbisi, also of New York, were jet skiing east across the Middle River Monday afternoon when an 11-foot Boston Whaler approached, police Officer Rick Schulze said.

Arbisi, who was about 75 yards behind Fallon, told police his friend`s jet ski hit the side of the Whaler near the front. The jet ski slipped beneath the boat and acted as a ramp that sent the Whaler airborne before the boat crashed to its side and overturned, Schulze said.